Comments on: Weekend Reading – iPad Cometh Edition http://www.darwinsfinance.com/weekend-reading-ipad-cometh/ Financial Evolution: Education, Adaptation, Achievement Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Evanhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/weekend-reading-ipad-cometh/#comment-4866 Evan Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:54:47 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2006#comment-4866 <a href="#comment-4863" rel="nofollow">@Darwin</a>, Nope don't hate MSFT or Google. Actually Love Google. I have tried to express these feelings to people before and they fail to come out right, so I'll try again. First it has nothing to do with them as an investment - they have a bad ass model. It is really them as a company. oh, and most of the reasons are petty. One reason is that they call their support staff Geniuses. That angers me. Another reason is that everything they make is propertary - I bought the damn song let me do what I want with it. Another reason is that ITunes, as an application, is buggy and so lined with security features that I have crashed multiple Ipods (other people's because I refuse to buy one). Another reason is that people love them so much, and over pay for hardware...yet they have no clue anything about the computer - speed, processor, etc. To me it is like when a female tries to JUSTIFY a stupidly expensive handbag. Phew....breath it out Evan @Darwin,

Nope don’t hate MSFT or Google. Actually Love Google.

I have tried to express these feelings to people before and they fail to come out right, so I’ll try again. First it has nothing to do with them as an investment – they have a bad ass model. It is really them as a company. oh, and most of the reasons are petty.

One reason is that they call their support staff Geniuses. That angers me. Another reason is that everything they make is propertary – I bought the damn song let me do what I want with it. Another reason is that ITunes, as an application, is buggy and so lined with security features that I have crashed multiple Ipods (other people’s because I refuse to buy one). Another reason is that people love them so much, and over pay for hardware…yet they have no clue anything about the computer – speed, processor, etc. To me it is like when a female tries to JUSTIFY a stupidly expensive handbag.

Phew….breath it out Evan

]]> By: Darwinhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/weekend-reading-ipad-cometh/#comment-4863 Darwin Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:53:08 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2006#comment-4863 Hate Apple? Well, you must absolutely hate MSFT and Google then. I'm kind of a new convert to Apple since I first bought an ipod, then iPhone over the past couple years. I'm not gung-ho (still using a PC, not an Apple), but I can't argue with their business model's success. People think nothing of dropping $1.99 on an App, $1.29 for a random song they'll listen to 3 times; it's the perfect extortion scheme for an ADD American society. I'd love to see how the models work in other economies that are more frugal with their cash like say, China. Well I guess 1 Billion potential customers would make up for any shortfall there! Hate Apple? Well, you must absolutely hate MSFT and Google then. I’m kind of a new convert to Apple since I first bought an ipod, then iPhone over the past couple years. I’m not gung-ho (still using a PC, not an Apple), but I can’t argue with their business model’s success. People think nothing of dropping $1.99 on an App, $1.29 for a random song they’ll listen to 3 times; it’s the perfect extortion scheme for an ADD American society. I’d love to see how the models work in other economies that are more frugal with their cash like say, China. Well I guess 1 Billion potential customers would make up for any shortfall there!

]]> By: Evanhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/weekend-reading-ipad-cometh/#comment-4847 Evan Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:29:48 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2006#comment-4847 Thanks for pointing out that I was right! While I don't have a great reason, I hate Apple as a company. I know you have done VERY well as an investment, but there is something about them controlling it all that upsets me. Notwithstanding my oddness - thanks for the link Thanks for pointing out that I was right!

While I don’t have a great reason, I hate Apple as a company. I know you have done VERY well as an investment, but there is something about them controlling it all that upsets me.

Notwithstanding my oddness – thanks for the link

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